The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was more than a role model; he was an icon.
Dr. Kings’ mission on earth was his life, as a peacemaker. Through Examples In His Life, He fulfilled all his creator sent him here to do.
He Shared the Message of Peace and Co-Existence with All Mankind. His Achievements are so numerous it would take us days to note them all; so instead, we’ve asked some of our friends to help us to Celebrate the Birthday of Dr King and His Dream.
Welcome to the 09′ MLK Remember The Dream Blog Carnival
“..I’ve seen the Promised Land and I may not get there with you, but Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory of the Coming of the Lord..”
Dr King’s Final Speech - Memphis April 4th, 1968
assuredly he was not sent here to endure the beatings, jailings and discriminatory treatment that he fought against; but he perservered and from this hard fought battle came an example that will shine throughout history.
This is President Elect Barack Obama - speaking at Ebenezer Baptist, Dr Kings Church
Dr. King was a Peacemaker for some. to others he was a rabble rouser; and yet still to others he was a teacher; and still today his legacy remainds us of how strong an instrument , he was for change. today we speak about change as a mode for action. In the fifty’s and sixty’s, change was the civil rights movement, and it’s fight against Racism in America. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was at it forefront.
The I Have a Dream Speech was well worn, when he gave it to us for the final time in Memphis. it’s words had became Iconic to the world; even more so that night as he spoke before a packed church. They were all there to see the man who was scheduled to lead them to a settlement of the garbage workers strike, the next day. sadly that next day Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was laying still, in a morgue. The World and the City of Memphis was in Shock, Grief and eventually Mourning. we cried with the rest of the world. We Had Lost Martin.. Our Prince of Peace.
Many said that he was a race traitor; asking Blackfolks to abandon the seperate but equal docterine; that had legally kept the “colored line” intact. Martin didn’t care who you were, because if you were White or Black; to him You Were a Human Being, Not A Color.
This Day would have been his 80th birthday.
Here are a few basic facts about Dr King :
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., graduated from Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), and Boston University (Ph.D., 1955). The son of the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, King was ordained in 1947 and became (1954) minister of a Baptist church in Montgomery, Ala. He led the black boycott (1955-56) of segregated city bus lines and in 1956 gained a major victory and prestige as a civil-rights leader when Montgomery buses began to operate on a desegregated basis.
King organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which gave him a base to pursue further civil-rights activities, first in the South and later nationwide. His philosophy of nonviolent resistance led to his arrest on numerous occasions in the 1950s and 60s. His campaigns had mixed success, but the protest he led in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963 brought him worldwide attention. He spearheaded the Aug., 1963, March on Washington, which brought together more than 200,000 people. In 1964 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
King’s leadership in the civil-rights movement was challenged in the mid-1960s as others grew more militant. His interests, however, widened from civil rights to include criticism of the Vietnam War and a deeper concern over poverty. His plans for a Poor People’s March to Washington were interrupted (1968) for a trip to Memphis, Tenn., in support of striking sanitation workers. On Apr. 4, 1968, he was shot and killed as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel (since 1991 a civil-rights museum).
